Ireland name 34-man squad for Italy match

The Ireland coaching group have named a squad of 34 players for Round 3 of the 2019 Guinness Six Nations Championship. Ireland play Italy at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday 24th February, 2019.

Chris Farrell has been reviewed by the Ireland medical team and is fit to train today.

Garry Ringrose and Rhys Ruddock will continue their respective hamstring rehab at Leinster this week.

Will Addison has some lower back stiffness that is being managed at Ulster this week.

Iain Henderson and Tadhg Beirne, who were named in the initial Six Nations squad, have joined the group at Carton House this week.

Henderson is included despite being due to face a Disciplinary Committee later on Tuesday relating to an alleged incident involving Ospreys flanker Sam Cross during Ulster's 8-0 PRO14 win in Bridgend last Friday. He was reported by the Citing Commissioner in charge for alleged infringement of Law 9.11 – Players must not do anything that is dangerous to others. Henderson completed 80 minutes on his return from a finger injury as he tried to push himself into contention for international selection.

Munster forward Beirne missed Ireland's opening two matches with England and Scotland due to a knee injury.

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Italy meanwhile have confirmed that their captain Sergio Parisse will miss the game because of concussion, which he suffered while playing for Stade Francais at the weekend.

Ireland squad 2019 Guinness Six Nations Championship Round 3

Forwards (18)

Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) 115 caps (c)

Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster) 4 caps

Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster) 12 caps

Sean Cronin (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 67 caps

Ultan Dillane (Corinthians/Connacht) 12 caps

Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) 30 caps

Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 86 caps

Iain Henderson (Queens University/Ulster) 42 caps

Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster) 26 caps

Jack McGrath (St Marys College/Leinster) 53 caps

Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Ulster) 26 caps

Sean O’Brien (UCD/Leinster) 54 caps

Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) 54 caps (vc)

Quinn Roux (Galwegians/Connacht) 10 caps

James Ryan (UCD/Leinster) 15 caps

John Ryan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 16 caps

Niall Scannell (Dolphin/Munster) 11 caps

Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster) 15 caps

Backs (16)

Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht) 14 caps

Caolin Blade (Galwegians/Connacht) 0 caps

Adam Byrne (UCD/Leinster) 1 cap

Joey Carbery (Clontarf/Munster) 18 caps

Jack Carty (Buccaneers/Connacht) 0 caps

Andrew Conway (Garryowen/Munster) 10 caps

John Cooney (Terenure College/Ulster) 6 caps

Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 74 caps

Chris Farrell (Young Munster/Munster) 4 caps

Tom Farrell (Coolmine/Connacht) 0 caps

Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster) 37 caps

Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster/) 88 caps

Jordan Larmour (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 11 caps

Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) 69 caps

Jonathan Sexton (St Marys College/Leinster) 80 caps (vc)

Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan/Ulster) 16 caps

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